ViTRAK Systems Inc. Awarded Major Contract

Charlottetown, PEI, – (October 26, 2015) ViTRAK Systems Inc. (ViTRAK) has been awarded a contract from the Canadian Federal Government to supply its Stepscan® gait analysis system to three Canadian hospitals. Stepscan® is a patented pressure sensitive electronic floor tile system combined with proprietary gait analysis software. The system is able to capture and analyze the patterns of mobility and balance in patients as they move across the floor. The technology is able to measure under foot pressure distribution as well as many other movement parameters, such as a patients stride, sway/balance, and speed of movement.Through a collaborative relationship with Veteran Affairs Canada, the Stepscan® gait analysis flooring system will be used by rehabilitation specialist at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre (Toronto, Ontario), QE II Health Sciences Centre (Halifax, NS) and Sainte-Anne-de- Bellevue Hospital (Quebec) in the assessment of Canadian war veterans suffering from mobility impairing conditions.

The placement of these systems in a major milestone for ViTRAK allowing the company to assess the technical performance of the Stepscan® system in a clinical setting and also to work with top rehabilitation specialists in the evaluation of patient recovery outcome measures. ViTRAK engineers and technical staff will be working closely with the hospital clinical staff in the collection and interpretation of data over the next eight months.

About ViTRAK

ViTRAK is a federally incorporated Research and Development company dedicated to the development and commercialization of its two patents in the field of movement tracking and analysis. The company’s pressure sensitive flooring system has many applications beyond medical research and clinical rehabilitation, including sports training and clinical drug trials, as well as military training /virtual simulation and security. With additional funding support through Innovation PEI and the Natural Science and Engineering Research Council, ViTRAK is also pursuing the development of a broader based subject tracking system and evaluating the technology’s suitability as a biometric identification tool. ViTRAK holds patents for its sensor floor technology in North America and is patent pending internationally.

StepScan®

Stepscan Technologies Inc. is a Canadian technology company located on the East coast in the Province of Prince Edward Island. Its primary product, the Stepscan Gait Analysis flooring system, is medical grade equipment that is currently marketed and sold in Canada, the US, Australia, Mexico and China.